Bagarius rutilus
Sisoridae · Ng & Kottelat, 2000
Max length
1000mm SL39in SL
Bagarius rutilus is a sisorid catfish from the Red River and other drainages of northern Vietnam and Yunnan in southern China, possibly also Laos. Reaching 700 to 1000 mm SL, it is clearly unsuitable for the home aquarium, and small numbers are only occasionally exported. It has orange fins in life. Adults live in fast, turbulent rapids in large river channels and perform spawning migrations when rivers swell between March and June.
